In an acrobatic, athletic and animated performance last Monday night at the Colonial, Ed Wynn, supported by an able cast, gave his "Carnival", a two-act, thirteen scene entertainment. As Raymond Hitchcock was the centre of his "Hitchy-koo", so Ed Wynn is the center of his Carnival. In him, his self-styled "entertainment" has a "Perfect Fool" with spontaniety, cleverness and humor. In explaining the coming scenes, Mr. Wynn gives his ideas to the audience very well but surprises them by following with scenes entirely extraneous to the outlined plot.
Of the thirteen scenes it is hard to choose those which are the best. "Japanella" with the Mayakos, "At the Cottage Gate" with Muriel Harrison and Earl Benham, singing "Good-bye Sunshine, Hello, Moon"; and "The Lady of the Pyramids" with an Egyptian dance by Vanda Hoff may be picked as a few of the many delightful bits in the entertainment. As for music, "I love the Land of Old Black Joe" and "My Sahara Rose" give melody. The Acrobats, Messeurs Regal and Moore, at first burlesque their profession in an amusing manner and then prove themselves to be performers of unusual ability, Lillian Fitzgerald, appearing as a Parisian and later as an Irish Colleen kept up the atmospheres of surprise and showed an excellent sense of comedy-value as well.
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